Dalton-in-Furness deaths: Father, son and daughter killed in crash

Joshua Flynn, 37, and his son Coby-Jay, 15, and daughter Skylar, 12, died when they were struck by a car

A father and his two children who were killed in a crash while out walking their dog have been named.

Joshua Flynn, 37, son Coby-Jay, 15, and daughter Skylar, 12, were struck by a car on Abbey Road in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, on Sunday.

One local resident described it as a "terrible, terrible thing".

A 47-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving and three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

The family's dog Troy was also killed in the crash, which happened at about 14:30 BST.

Floral tributes have been left near the scene

One woman, who lives nearby, said: "There's an intense sadness.

"It's horrific and it just feels heavy. We're in disbelief.

"Whenever something like that happened it would be awful, but I think the fact it was Father's Day just multiplied everything."

The vicar of nearby St Mary's Church said it would be open for private prayer.

"Everybody obviously will be in real shock and there'll be a lot of sadness and a lot of questions of why this has happened," the Rev Ruth Crossley said.

A spokesman for Cumbria Police urged witnesses, or anyone who saw the car - a Peugeot - in the area to contact the force.

The three were pronounced dead at the scene